Lots of text, but I liked how it showed the way the same spot has changed dramatically over the years.

Looking at New York now and looking at what it used to be many many years ago was what this book did. Time can change, people can change, the world can change. This book puts an interesting perspective of how New York has changed from millions of years ago. This was a great book that can teach children about change and the history of what the world was like years ago. ( )

Shelved in 'easy' picture-books in my library, but better, I think, for young schoolchildren than for tots.  Too simple for me; I wanted more details.  But the pictures are appealing, both lively and educationally detailed. ( )

Gr. 2-4, younger for reading aloud. This picture book is a great way to introduce the sweep of history and the drama of geological change. Exciting words and double-page artwork celebrate New York City now. Turn the pages and there's always surprise: 350 years ago fewer than 1,500 people lived in what was then called New Amsterdam, but 18 different languages echoed through the streets; 400 years ago, the Lenapes hunted on a trail that later became a street named Broadway. Then the leaps back in time become huge--190 million years, to the age of the dinosaurs; then to cataclysmic geological upheavals, including volcanoes, mountains, oceans; and finally, only rock. Hazel Rochman

An interesting take on the history of a particular place, in this case New York City. The story begins in modern day but goes back in time to what happened at different time periods on that exact spot. Nice way to introduce history. ( )